Programs

Blue Recycling Cart for Residential

One 64-gallon recycling cart is included as part of your residential service, and picked up weekly by Republic Services. If you routinely have more than 64 gallons of recycling per week, you can request a 96-gallon blue cart at no additional cost, or a second 64-gallon blue cart for an additional fee. For details, please call us at (925) 685-4711.

For Your Information

You can leave staples and paper clips in your papers.

Slightly rinse out jars and cans if there is a heavy food residue. During the drought, use a spatula, spoon or paper towel to remove food residue. You can then place the paper towel in your green cart.

Plastic VHS cartridge can be recycled, but the actual tape cannot. Please pull out the tape and put it into the black landfill cart.

For large amounts of cardboard, flatten it and leave out during your twice-annually Reuse and Cleanup Day. Or take it to the Concord Recycling Center at 1320 Galaxy Way in Concord, ConcordRecyclingCenter.com.

We can’t accept any type of polystyrene foam because when it’s placed in a commingled bin and transported, it becomes contaminated with dirt and other materials. Because most curbside programs do not wash the material, recyclers have a hard time using it.

Put on Top or Next to Your Blue Cart

Put batteries in a zip-lock or tie-close plastic bag and place on top of the blue recycling cart.

Put cell phones inside a zip-lock or tie-close plastic bag and place on top of your blue recycling cart.

Put compact fluorescent bulbs and LED light bulbs inside a zip-lock or tie-close plastic bag and place next to your blue recycling cart. Traditional incandescent light bulbs can be placed in the Landfill cart.

Recyclables and Organics On-call Cleanup

Planning to trim back your trees? Want to clean out all the outdated paperwork in your home office? Just moved in and have loads of cardboard boxes and/or newspapers to recycle? If you don't have room in your recycling or organics carts for all that material, you can schedule an on-call service.

All single-family households in our service area are entitled to four (4) on-call recyclable/organics cleanups every year, at no additional charge. Call us at (925) 685-4711 to schedule an appointment (please call at least two weeks in advance).

The total amount of material accepted is two cubic yards (the equivalent of fourteen 32-gallon bags).

Cardboard should be broken down and put in bundles no larger than 18" x 18". Paper and other recyclables should be put in brown paper bags, boxes or bundles using rope or twine.

Branches should be no larger than 2" in diameter and bundled no larger than two feet wide and four feet long.

Loose yard clippings such as leaves and grass should be placed in plastic bags, buckets, boxes, or personal trash cans, no more than 32 gallons per bag, box or container.